Levelling Up The Forest of Dean

Forest of Dean Levelling Up Fund Board meeting

The Forest of Dean has been awarded £20 million from the Government’s Levelling Up fund.

The successful bid is a huge achievement involving partnership between Hartpury University as well as Cinderford Town Council and the District Council, liaising with my office and I throughout the process.

I’ve been pleased to do my bit in helping to deliver this money, personally meeting with Ministers including Rishi Sunak, the then Chancellor, over many months to persuade them that this project is 100% worth the investment. I’m delighted it paid off.

It’s an ambitious, exciting project that will deliver a new leisure & community hub at Five Acres, Coleford and a new Innovation, Careers and Enterprise Learning Centre at Hartpury University & College, as well as a regeneration of Cinderford Town Centre.

Good progress on all three portions of the project has already been made and I have been taking a keen interest in how it is getting on, paying a number of visits to view work on the sites and attending quarterly meetings with Forest of Dean Levelling Up Fund Programme Board.

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Levelling Up Fund Quarterly Board Meeting - November 2023

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Levelling Up Fund Quarterly Board Meeting - September 2023

This morning, I was pleased to attend the Levelling Up Programme Board meeting at The Growth Hub in Mitcheldean. I heard updates from partners at Hartpury University and Hartpury College, the Forest of Dean District Council and Cinderford Town Council, on how the individual projects are progressing

FoD Levelling Up Fund Bid Quarterly Programme Board Meeting

This morning, I was pleased to attend the Quarterly Programme Board Meeting for the Forest of Dean Levelling Up Fund at The Growth Hub in Mitcheldean. I joined representatives from the Forest of Dean District Council, Cinderford Town Council and Hartpury University and Hartpury College to discuss h

Visit to The Wesley - Cinderford Town Regeneration Project

Last Friday, I visited The Wesley in Cinderford, to take a closer look at recent improvements and discuss Cinderford Town Council’s future plans for the site. Cinderford Town Council form part of the Forest of Dean’s successful £20 million Levelling Up Fund project and they have been working hard t

Levelling Up Fund Round 2 and Update on the Forest's Bid

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Levelling Up Fund Quarterly Board Meeting

I was pleased to attend the Levelling Up Fund Quarterly Board Meeting at The Forest of Dean Growth Hub at Vantage Point in Mitcheldean. The programme board is overseeing the implementation of a multi-site regeneration project, with £20 million of government funding, that will continue until March 2